SE TX Tropical Cyclone Climatology

Active Spring Like Pattern Across the Eastern Half of the Country

The second storm will track across central and eastern portion of the country this weekend. Heavy wintry precipitation will affect the northern Plains to the upper peninsula of Michigan. Severe thunderstorms are expected along and ahead of the cold front, where very large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes are possible from the mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys to southern Plains. Read More >

NAME	CLASS / LANDFALL	DATE	DATA (kts/mbs)	AFFECTS
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 3 / Freeport	7/21/09	Pk. Wnd - 95 kt Pressure - 982mb	Storm surge reached 10'; 41 killed in TX; Was a Category 4 well offshore, but weakened to a Category 3 while influencing the upper Texas coast
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 1 / Aransas Pass	6/26/02	Pk. Wnd - 80 kt Pressure - NA	Curved just offshore before landfall near Matagorda
T. STORM	Tropical Storm / Matagorda	7/10/01	Pk. Wnd - 40 kt Pressure - NA	Crops damaged by wind and rain
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 4 / Galveston	9/9/00	Pk. Wnd - 115 kt Pressure - 964mb	Greatest disaster in U.S.history; More than 8,000 killed mainly from storm surge; 20 foot tides

NAME

CLASS /
LANDFALL

DATE

DATA
(kts/mbs)

AFFECTS

HURRICANE

Hurricane - Cat. 3 /
Freeport

7/21/09

Pk. Wnd - 95 kt
Pressure - 982mb

Storm surge reached 10'; 41 killed in TX; Was a Category 4 well offshore, but weakened to a Category 3 while influencing the upper Texas coast

HURRICANE

Hurricane - Cat. 1 /
Aransas Pass

6/26/02

Pk. Wnd - 80 kt
Pressure - NA

Curved just offshore before landfall near Matagorda

T. STORM

Tropical Storm /
Matagorda

7/10/01

Pk. Wnd - 40 kt
Pressure - NA

Crops damaged by wind and rain

HURRICANE

Hurricane - Cat. 4 /
Galveston

9/9/00

Pk. Wnd - 115 kt
Pressure - 964mb

Greatest disaster in U.S.history; More than 8,000 killed mainly from storm surge; 20 foot tides

Active Spring Like Pattern Across the Eastern Half of the Country

SE TX Tropical Cyclone Climatology - 1900s

Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 1900s